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HARRY V PHILLIPS JR
Major · U.S. Army
February 10, 1930 – August 13, 1966
Service recordHarry V Phillips JR, of Ridgeland, Mississippi, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 254 MED DET USARV
- Born
- February 10, 1930
- Home of record
- Ridgeland, Mississippi (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “254 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 1
- GERALD LESLIE PERRYSergeant · August 13, 1966
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · August 13, 1966
- JAMES R RICEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · Panel 9E, Line 132
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.